This is a road of no return. Many people will fall behind and die. It would be great to have 1/10 survivors. This is Meng Qingxiao's optimistic estimate.
If possible, he would rather leave with only the 1,800 Shen Yuan realm powerhouses and leave the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people alone. Maybe fewer people would die, but he couldn't say this.
Meng Qingxiao likes history, and the things he watches are all antiques that should have been buried in the dust of history long ago, such as the classic anti-war drama "Bright Sword", which was born more than 100 years ago. , the content on the screen is all kinds of rough and completely inconsistent with the aesthetics of young people nowadays, but Meng Qingxiao watched it with gusto.
The reason why I mention this drama is because there is a scene in it. When the enemy carried out a large-scale sweep, the protagonist's troops suffered heavy losses in order to cover the retreat of the fellow villagers, resulting in many seemingly unnecessary sacrifices.
From a rational perspective, in the harsh environment at that time, the survival probability of unarmed ordinary people was obviously lower than that of armed soldiers.
Under the circumstances, the value they could create was significantly lower than that of armed and well-trained warriors. If they died and the warriors lived, the warriors would undoubtedly kill more enemies.
Meng Qingxiao couldn't understand it when he first watched it. Why do people with high values pay such a high price to protect people with low values?
He thought for a long time, and finally understood, because the protagonist's troops safeguard the interests of the people, and they come from the masses, so they naturally need to protect the lives and safety of the people.
Although they sacrificed the lives of a large number of soldiers, they also won the support and love of more people. Their losses were temporary, but in the long run, the support they received from the people was endless.
Meng Qingxiao was not interested in politics at all. All his behavior patterns were from a military perspective. Through the anti-war drama, he understood some truths:
1. Only by standing in the interests of the majority of people can your actions achieve final victory.
2. Don’t care about the gains and losses of one city or one place. As long as you are the biggest beneficiary in the long run, it is worth doing.
That Anti-Japanese War drama had a profound influence on him. Every battle he experienced after that, including the New Mencius strategy he published, had more or less influences from this aspect.
This is true even now. Although he carries hundreds of thousands of baggage with him, these baggage are the key to his success.
He has prepared for the worst, but it does not mean that he will take the initiative to give up on the life and death of most people. He will still carry out rescue within his ability, but the premise of the rescue is that it will not affect the majority of people. people's interests.
The large army marched towards the Eternal Land. This was an operation involving families. The total number of Hanoi people and Kunjia people was close to 400,000, and there were 80,000 old people and children who had no fighting ability.
Of course, there are still some people who are unwilling to leave. They have no hope for the future. Whether they live here or return to their ancestral homeland, it makes no difference to them.
There are also some people who are unwilling to leave because they do not want to drag down their families. They are already old and their ancestors have lived here for generations. They prefer to sleep here.
Jing Gong was with the group of old, young, women and children. Because he could not participate in the battle, he was also protected. However, if the Eternal Dynasty people took the initiative to attack him, he could launch a defensive counterattack, so he secretly acted as a protector. The tasks of these old, young, women and children.
It took them 10 days to finally get out of the Qinglong Gang. On the way, they also fought 10 times with the warriors of the Eternal Dynasty.
Meng Qingxiao discovered a very strange phenomenon. The Eternal Dynasty can always place their warriors not far from their own camp. Does that mean that the Eternal Dynasty always knows their movements?
But Meng Qingxiao then thought about it, whether it was true or not, was it still important to them?
There is no turning back when the bow is fired, they must go on anyway.
After leaving the territory of the Qinglong Gang, there are some small gangs ahead, occupying dozens of kilometers of territory. These small gangs form a buffer zone between the Qinglong Gang and the Xuanwu Gang. Beyond that, there is the boundary of the Xuanwu Gang.
The Xuanwu Gang has a larger land area than the Qinglong Gang, and because of the Turtle Back Divine Fist, there are more residents who rely on the Xuanwu Gang. However, because of Meng Qingxiao's previous order, these people have already taken refuge at the Qinglong Gang's base, so now Xuanwu Gang There is no one on the gang's territory.
There is no need to go into details about the process. Because of the layers of resistance from the warriors of the Eternal Dynasty, their progress was very slow. It took them 30 days to finally pass through the Xuanwu Gang.
After passing through the Xuanwu Gang, there is a wasteland. There is no human habitation beyond that. In the past, when the harvest had not started, only some hunters would come here when hunting.
Zhao Zhe reminded Meng Qingxiao that walking about 1,000 kilometers further would be the land of eternity.
After Meng Qingxiao heard this, he had only one feeling. This place was really big. Without the harvest of the Eternal Dynasty, this place would really be a paradise.
Finally arriving at the power of eternity, Meng Qingxiao finally understood what Gao Dalu said back then, why not even a fly could fly into the land of eternity.
When they were still far away, they saw a wall in front of them, reaching up to the sky, with no end visible to the left or right. And it was not an ordinary wall, it was colorful.
The five colors are like countless giant pythons of unknown length, twisting their bodies crazily in mid-air.
The distance was getting closer and closer, and Meng Qingxiao could see more clearly. What kind of wall was there? It was an opaque barrier.
Zhao Zhe reminded Meng Qingxiao that only by using the power of the talisman can this barrier be broken temporarily, but he didn't know how to do it specifically, no one knew.
Meng Qingxiao walked closer, put his hand on the barrier, and carefully felt the energy coming from the barrier.
There were many people following him. Shenhua saw Meng Qingxiao's contemplative expression and was very curious about this barrier. She also followed suit and pressed her hand on the barrier. As a result, as soon as her hand touched it, everything started to fall. A scream came from her mouth.
Upon seeing this, his brother Shen Jian hurried forward to rescue him, but just as he put his hand on his sister's shoulder, he also let out a scream, and both of them were arrested on the spot.
At this time, no one else dared to rescue them. Fortunately, Meng Qingxiao woke up from his thoughts in time and slapped the two of them away. He frowned and reminded everyone: "Don't touch the barrier."
Shenhua had fallen into a coma and stopped breathing very quickly. No injuries could be seen from the outside, and her internal organs were also in good condition.
Because they were separated by one layer, Shen Jian was not dead, but his arms had no strength at all and were obviously disabled.
Both of them are powerful in the Divine Origin Realm, but they can't even touch this barrier.
Others asked Shen Jian what happened. As members of the Suzaku Guard, their willpower was many times tougher than that of ordinary people. If they were not in extreme pain, it would be absolutely impossible for them to scream like that.
Shen Jian looked at his sister, tears streaming down his face, and it took him a long time to say: "There are countless energy needles, all of them are extremely sharp, and they are transmitted to my body through my sister's body. Even if they cut off my arms, I won’t frown, but the pain caused by the energy needles is 100 times greater than having both arms cut off. They amplify our senses, and my sister is in pain to death."
Everyone looked at Meng Qingxiao with admiration. The two siblings only touched each other for a few breaths, and one of them was already hurt to death. However, Meng Qingxiao's palms were always pressed on them, and he even frowned. Not even a wrinkle.
Meng Qingxiao could naturally feel the pain, but his defense was amazing, and with the help of the talisman, the attack energy on the barrier did not penetrate into his body.
When Meng Qingxiao was in the Xiaoyao Gang, he cracked the Xiaoyao Gang's energy barrier. They used a high-voltage electric force field. That was the only time Meng Qingxiao saw the local people's understanding of lightning in the chaotic land. Use in combat.
Meng Qingxiao was briefly worried that Xiaoyaozi would cause trouble for him, but later it became clear that someone suppressed the matter, and no one caused trouble for him.
Meng Qingxiao checked Shenhua and found that it was too late to rescue him. He felt regretful and angry at the same time. A living person died in front of him, and his death was so worthless.
"How are you?" Meng Qingxiao asked Shen Jian.
"Both arms are useless, and there is no self-consciousness at all."
"Hey, put your curiosity away and don't touch anything casually." Meng Qingxiao sighed, "Don't resist, I will try to treat you."
Meng Qingxiao slapped Shen Jian on the forehead, causing him to roll his eyes and fall to the ground. But as soon as his body touched the ground, he immediately woke up and stood up very alertly. At this time, everyone saw that he His arms have regained their freedom.
"Sir, how did you do this?" Zhao Zhe said in surprise.
"His arms actually didn't suffer any damage, it's the power of psychological suggestion."
"Psychological suggestion?" Zhao Zhe didn't understand.
"For example, I put a piece of ice in the palm of your hand, and then I send a false signal to your brain, making it believe that I am putting a soldering iron in the palm of your hand. At this time, your nervous system will receive The wrong message sent to your brain reminds your musculoskeletal system that there is a soldering iron in the palm of your hand, and if you don’t shake the soldering iron away in time, the palm of your hand will be injured.”
"That's what happened to the two siblings. The energy barrier sent them a wrong signal, amplifying their senses and making them mistakenly think that they were being tortured by extremely painful energy needles. The pain had already exceeded her body. If she reaches the limit of endurance, her brain will believe that her body is dead."
"Shen Jian is not that serious, but his brain also believes that his arms are useless, so he can no longer use his arms."
"I just blocked his memory just now, so his arms recovered."
Zhao Zhe smiled bitterly and said: "It's too profound, it feels like listening to a book from heaven."
"I will explain it to you later." Meng Qingxiao said, "When you return to your ancestral land in the future, I will find relevant information for you."
"Sir, do you have any solution for this barrier?"
"Well, I have some ideas. If I use the power of the Supreme Realm to forcefully break it, it should be possible. But in that case, the energy stored in the talisman will be almost consumed. When fighting later, in case If I encounter another supreme-level enemy, I will definitely not be able to defeat him."
"Then, sir, do you have any other ideas?"
"I will try to analyze its energy structure and let all of us pass through it harmlessly. I think it is very possible to do it, but I need a little time, so please wait a moment."
Meng Qingxiao sat cross-legged in front of the barrier and began to meditate. He would often put his hands on the barrier to feel the energy structure inside. He didn't know how long he sat there. During this period, Zhu Yao and Qingyue both came to bring him meals. , but he didn't hear what the two were saying at all, and his mind had completely sunk into the barrier.
Both girls have experience with this. When Meng Qingxiao was building the time artifact for Jing Gong, this situation had happened before. He ignored them and just responded with um um ah ah ah. They decided to feed him.
It was inconvenient for Qingyue to have one arm, so Zhu Yao held the bowl and brought spoonfuls to Meng Qingxiao's mouth. Meng Qingxiao opened his mouth subconsciously, and filled his stomach without his knowing it at all.
